Make your domain registrations
private
Did you know that your name,
email, and phone number are made publically available within the
WhoIs database when you register any domain name? Any spammers,
solicitors and other prying eyes can find your personal information
online, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
HOW IT
WORKS:
 Unprotected WHOIS
John Smith Productions
John Smith
12 Main St
Hollister, CA 95023
United States
(555) 555-1234
johnsmith@jsmithprod.com
Your
information is visible to the public! |
 Protected with ID Protect
Whois Privacy Protection Service.
Whois Agent
PMB 368, 14150 NE 20th St - F1
C/O johnsmithprod.com
Bellevue, WA 98007
United States
(425) 274-0657
gmvjcxkxh@whoisprivacyprotect.com |
Dynamic data management system stops spammers dead
in their tracks.
Without ID Protect, spammers can obtain your email
and contact information and then use it for spamming purposes and
redistribution to marketing firms. Your email address can stay on
file with various spammers and marketing firms for years. Check out
the difference between an unprotected and protected domain
registration.
ID Protect
Frequently Asked Questions:
How does ID Protect help reduce spam?
Due to our registrars dynamic email system, your
visible email address is constantly changing, so while it is being
harvested and redistributed, it will change and the previous
address will no longer work for the spammer. The Domain Privacy
Protection Service (an affiliate of our registrar) secures and
maintains your real email address on file so you receive important
information regarding your domain.
What if I need to prove ownership of a domain?
We have the ability to temporarily disable the ID
Protect service. Then ask the verifying party to confirm whois
registration details at http://www.checkdomain.com/. Once complete, you
may turn the ID Protect service back on through your domain control
panel.
What if someone sends something to the mailing address?
For communications received which does not appear
to be unsolicited commercial mail, The Domain Privacy Protection
Service (an affiliate of our registrar) may either forward such
communication to you or may attempt to communicate to you a scanned
copy of a page of the communication. The Service may elect to not
forward to you communications which appear to be unsolicited, or
communications which appear to be from your having used the IDP
Services as a general mail forwarding service.
Why can't I use this service with my .us name?
.US has made a dramatic change in their policy
saying (in part):
"The United States Department of Commerce's
National Telecommunications and Information Administration ("NTIA")
has recently completed its review of "proxy" or anonymous domain
registration services by .us Accredited Registrars. At the
conclusion of this review, NTIA directed NeuStar to phase out the
offering of such services by Registrars or by any of its partners
or resellers and to ensure that complete and accurate WHOIS data is
provided for any existing registrations in .us."
Although we disagree with this policy, we will
comply and will require our resellers and sub-resellers to make the
necessary changes. Therefore, we will prohibit the offering of
eNom's ID Protect or similar services to .US registrations. This
policy ONLY applies to .US registrations.
The service will continue to be provided for
existing .US ID protect customers until their ID protect expiration
date or January 26, 2006, whichever comes first.
